Century alarm clock: The alarm fires a flintlock that lights a spring-loaded candle (British Museum)

La Joueuse de Tympanon - this amazing automaton was created in the century for Queen Marie-Antoinette of France : Created in Germany in 1772 and restored by ROBERT-HOUDIN in 1864 after being damaged during the French Revolution.

Hairnet

-- Silk hairnet made of knotted silk mesh with false curls at the sides of the forehead and a clump of curls and brown silk ribbon behind. __ False curls are made from human hair. __ Britain (made) ___ at V-A Museum